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After many rumors, the results of the doping tests from UFC in Sao Paulo are in. TATAME found, the name of the failed athlete is Thiago Tavares. Our sources, however, need not know the substance used for light weight. His suspension will be nine months.

Over a 10 year career, this is the first time that Tavares is caught in a doping test. After two consecutive wins, both in Rio de Janeiro, the athlete from Santa Catarina was defeated by Khabib Nurmagomedov in Sao Paulo. Besides Thiago seven athletes were tested by the newly created Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission.